Field trip: Day Hiker School
Day Hiker School Field Component - Navigation – Colorado Mountain Club Basecamp
This is the field day for Navigation. To be eligible to go on the trip you must be a registered participant of Day Hiker School. We will meet at CMC basecamp at 7:00 AM. Plan on spending 2 hours reviewing map and compass exercises prior to heading to the field.
Contacts
- Sun, Oct 12, 2025
- Denver
- Navigation
- Adults
- Easy
- Mileage: 3.0
- Elevation Gain: 500 ft
- High Point Elevation: 8,000 ft
- Pace: 1.5 mph
- 9 (10 capacity)
- 1 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
We will be going to White Ranch for our Field Day. Please be prepared to go off trail and navigate.
We will be near Golden, so at a lower altitude. Please plan appropriately – meaning lots of water and sun protection. The pace will be dictated by the participants. We will however be stopping frequently and going over different teaching points. Please remember this time of year can be very sunny and/or there can be snow. Please consult your weather channel or site of your choice to determine the appropriate layers and gear. About this time of year is when I start to put into my microspikes and take them out with me (this just is a standard piece of equipment in my pack until April or May).
CMC Basecamp at 7:00 AM.
Required Equipment
What to bring
- Ten essentials – bringt what you have, we will be going through people’s packs and looking at the various items brought. So, you do not have to go out and buy things – we will have some suggestions based on what you bring.
- Plenty of water – at LEAST 2 liters and sun protection
- 2 pieces of rope about 2 feet in length – I will bring extras if you do not have some.
- Please bring a lunch – I am planning on being back some time between 3 and 4
- You will HAVE to have with your compass, ruler and something to write on.
Time – we will meet at 7 00 AM at the CMC in Golden in the parking lot that is just East of the